The Gallows' Bounty — Desiree Banks

She had every reason to die until he gave her every reason to live. Women should be protected... Ezra Boden, known as Butcher Boden to the criminals he's brought to justice, forged a name for himself as a bounty hunter to outrun a painful past. Now all he wants is peace and quiet. That is until he catches sight of Willow, a woman whose eyes told him she's also lived a life of pain. He's bent on showing her that he's one of the good guys. Men can't be trusted... Willow Donovan learned that lesson at a young age, and she isn't about to forget it, not even for a man who saved her from a hanging. Used to fighting her own battles, Boden's tender care soon has her wishing she could forget life's hard lessons. Can tenderness, mutual desire, threatening pasts, and the uncertain present forge a trust, a love to last a lifetime?